Smoke II (fireboat)
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The Fire Department of New York operated the fireboat Smoke II from 1958 to 2008.[1]
She was built in Louisiana, by Equitable Equipment.[2][3]
She was smaller than the dozen or so fireboats in the FDNY's fleet, and was originally built to serve as a command vessel for senior firefighters -- called a "tender" by the FDNY.[1] In later years she was employed as a fireboat, but her modest pumping capacity of just 2,000 gallons per minute limited her usefulness.
With other New York City fireboats, her pumps provided water pressure for fire-fighting after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, which broke all the nearby watermains.[4]
In 2008 she was retired and became an artificial reef.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Smoke II Retires from FDNY Marine Fleet, FDNY. Retrieved on 2016-03-05.
- ↑ (1958) The Waterways Journal, Volume 72, Issues 1-26. D. T. Wright publishing. Retrieved on 2016-03.
- ↑ Paul Hashagen (2002). Fire Department, City of New York. Turner Publishing Company]]. ISBN 9781563118326. Retrieved on 2016-03-05.
- ↑ Special Report: Fireboats; Then and Now (in English). FEMA. Retrieved on 2016-03.